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defence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 18.5 9 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4536 6 1 1 0 1
Number of authors31 24 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of defence in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hty in the mainner o a Glesca defence lawyer!' on page 49
rd,' persisted Tam, 'a Glesca defence lawyer wid expect a logical a on page 50

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nuhin. That's yir best n only defence aboot here, the boldness insi on page 30

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s government in Embro. In yer defence, whit dae ye hae tae say tae on page 40

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye claimed self-defence as a means ae attack, on page 48

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah foond masel jumpin tae his defence. on page 70
elt the need tae jump tae his defence. on page 91

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ll four nations to secure the defence, prosperity and welfare of ev on page 24
e Meenister an her Secretar o Defence got in an affy muddle ower th on page 55
bein wasted bi the Ministry o Defence. Here'safew examples: a drone on page 120

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi curls up in ir defence, on page 62

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An haen nae previous wis nae defence on page 64
s furrit sindry airguments in defence o greed. Then the openin them on page 103

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the defence is left haunless on page 14

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Let it be some kin o defence anent enmity. on page 34

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Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
on 14th December 1914 at the defence o the Ypres Salient and is an on page 143

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wis shair she maun hae been a defence lawyer at ae time. Laestweys, on page 18

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ered. In 1996 the Meenistry o Defence pit this claim throu an offee
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Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
In defence o SNHS
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n mountin somehin ay a robust defence as he lands another two dull
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wi, the weavers threapit, in defence o thair muckle retreat, that
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
defence.
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
h nationalist, fundamentalist defence o the Union. While haudin on
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
declares Minister for Defence
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
er Hackston began organisin a defence.

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
wids, yaisin their canopy as defence agin the snell winds that ske
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ostensibly I'm speaking in defence of weegie patter
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
p ae water. This bein ma only defence tae combat the invisible enem
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n assure you, eh? it wis self-defence’’
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
done for comin tae that lads defence. Its no nice tae be mocked or(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey ps get that defence in order for saturday - lith (2020) twitter link
s efter him tae bolster there defence lol aye a even follow them m8 (2020) twitter link
ell lads intae shore up there defence a think ! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' cracks that run through i' defence on page 131

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
replied Dandy, risin tae the defence o his favourite pet. 'Ye smel
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
e be a thochty mair nippet in defence! Dom Baw Shi’d b’in up thon(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@standfreeed Defence? Fit dis that say aboot the m (2020) twitter link
bility tae carry the ball fae defence intae the midfield tae break (2020) twitter link
embarrassed by some people’s defence of the CMO - hypocrisy is ri (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Weaponry, defence - this comfort on page 9

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
defence kin dir be?
1 matches

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
- here is WG Lyttle’s stout defence of the genre, and “plain cou(2020) search twitter